Thanks for the quick reply, Marc. Yeah, I thought of the issues regarding security but was thinking of experimenting with it since it was really a server-to-client only use-case.
I'll think about what to do next then. On Tuesday, May 30, 2017 at 8:34:10 PM UTC+2, Marc Gravell wrote: > > That's not something that protobuf targets. If you have a syntax that > allows you to convey an expression as a string or similar, then by all > means do that - but protobuf will just see it as an opaque string. Note > that there are usually a range of concerns when transferring executable > code (of any kind) - less of a concern for server-to-client, but not > removed. Think "XSS", for a trivial example. > > On 30 May 2017 7:18 p.m., "Alex TS" <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > > Hey everyone, > I'm quite new to Protocol Buffers and don't really have a background on > the theme, so pardon me if this sounds absurd or if this is not the right > forum. > > With that out of the way, if I'd like to transfer say, a method, from the > server to execute on the client. Is that possible at all using the `bytes` > type or something similar? > > The issue being that in an ideal world I'd like to run a method on the > server with the arguments provided by the client and get it back resolved > for injection. > > As a silly example, something like this, in JS: > > *ServiceX* > const privateMethod = (x) => x * x > const publicMethod = (elementId, y) => document.getElementById(elementId). > innerHTML(privateMethod(y)) > > > *ClientY* > server.publicMethod("root", 3) > > > Is it possible to transfer the `publicMethod` itself from the server for a > later execution triggered by the client and having the side effects also on > the client? My idea here being basically to be able to create an > application in one service in an isolated way and inject it on another > service that doesn't have to know any details of its implementation details. > > Thanks for your help! > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Protocol Buffers" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] <javascript:>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <javascript:>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/protobuf. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Protocol Buffers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/protobuf. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
